Open Food Facts
The Open Food Facts API offers developers free access to an extensive database of food product information, suitable for health and diet applications.
Developed by Open Food Facts
Reference for available routes, request structures, and live examples.
Retrieves food product information by barcode
https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/{barcode}curl -X GET 'https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/{barcode}'{
"fields": "product_name,nutriments,ingredients"
}{
"code": "123456789012",
"product": {
"nutriments": {
"energy-kcal_100g": 450,
"carbohydrates_100g": 65
},
"ingredients": [
"oats",
"honey",
"almonds"
],
"product_name": "Organic Granola"
}
}- Building diet and nutrition apps that require detailed product dataOptimized Capability
- Creating recipe tools that utilize ingredient informationOptimized Capability
- Developing barcode scanning applications to identify food itemsOptimized Capability
- Integrating sustainability features in health-focused platformsOptimized Capability
- Researching food product information and consumer awareness projectsOptimized Capability
- ✓ No authentication required, allowing immediate integration
- ✓ Vast and crowd-sourced database with global food product coverage
- ✓ Detailed nutritional, allergen, and eco-score information
- ✓ Supports multi-language product data
- ✓ Free to use with no rate limiting documented
- ✗ No official SDKs available for streamlined integration
- ✗ API response times can vary due to open-source infrastructure
- ✗ Data quality depends on crowd-sourced contributions
- ✗ Limited to REST style with no GraphQL or SOAP support
- ✗ No official service level agreements (SLAs)
FAQs
API Specifications
v2Less than 10 minutes
No documented limits
Unlimited free access to all endpoints with no authentication or rate limiting required.
Use Case: Best For
Health and nutrition app developers, food researchers, sustainability platform integrators, barcode scanner apps
Not Recommended For
Enterprise applications requiring guaranteed SLAs or official support, applications demanding SDK integrations
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